Group structure Flashcards
What factors effect societal status?
Social class occupation income marital status ethnicity religion clothing
Which factor contributes more to social status within a team, experience or social factors?
Experience
Is congruence between formal and informal status important within a team?
Yes
What are the 4 types of roles within a team?
Formal
Informal
Task - leadership/organisation
Social - produce harmony and cohesion
What are the elements of role involvement?
- Performance
- Ambiguity
- Conflict
- Efficacy
- Acceptance
- Satisfaction
Who are the people involved in communication within a team?
Role sender and focal person
What is a group norm?
Expectation of behaviour for a team
Which studies show the impact of group conformity?
Parallel lines - Asch 1956
Burning building study
How do sport norms change among sports?
Eg, verbal abuse ok in soccer but not rugby union
What is ingroup deviance and how does it impact the group?
Behaviour that challenges the norms of the group. It can have positive outcomes for the group as it strengthens and reinforces group norms
What factors affect status in sports teams?
o Age o Experience o Role o Skill o Position o Social class o Language o Income o Marital status o Religion
What individual factors is valued most highly by a team?
Experience
What are the links between team norms, cohesion and social loafing?
Team norms were linked to team cohesion which negatively correlates with social loafing
TYpes of informal roles within a team
Comedian, spark plug, distractor, enforcer
Under the group roles framework, what 3 factors affect communication?
- Personality
- Interpersonal
- Organisational
